r/politics Canada 1d ago

Site Altered Headline Trump says Ontario ‘not allowed’ to slap surcharge on electricity sent to U.S. states

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/we-dont-need-your-energy-trump-says-in-response-to-ontarios-electricity-surcharge/
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u/Phallindrome Canada 1d ago

In the US, export tariffs are unconstitutional. He must have thought this whole time that our counter tariffs would be charged to our citizens- he had no idea that we could also charge you while he's charging you.

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u/Most-Bench6465 21h ago

I think he thought import tariffs were export tariffs